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HKDL gets new castle, frozen land and marvel land.
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Rush
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infloencer
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It’s gonna be interesting to see what they do with sightlines. Standing in Fantasyland with a giant New York skyscraper in the background wouldn’t be optimal. But maybe they just don’t care about that anymore, as seen in SDL with Toy Story Land being completely visible from Tron and Zootopia directly behind SDMT. It would be a shame if they destroyed all the beautiful progress made in the last few years by just putting a 60m tall tower on the edge of the park. Guess we’ll have to wait and see
Supersnow84
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I’m more concerned that the design will go over like a lead balloon with the locals who specifically visit the park to get away from the hustle and bustle of the towers of HK
I’m guessing the water table is quite high.
Supersnow84
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Penny’s bay is reclaimed land so I’m assuming the foundations are basically sitting on the water table
Many parts of Hong Kong including the airport and Central where the massive IFC skyscraper is located along with its deep underground subway station are built on reclaimed land from the sea. I think that building down may actually be easier since land conditions are not an “unknown” compared to places like WDW where it’s built on swamp.
There was a documentary where one of the imagineers was amazed by Hong Kong’s revolutionary land reclamation technique which pre-compacted and stabilized the fill, allowing them to build the park very quickly.
Rush
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This is my exactly my first thought on the project. HKDL was always meant to be quaint, nature focused and fantastical. Even it's Tomorrowland was designed with whimsy and color. The park is where you go to escape the concrete jungle that is the city. Imo, Stark Expo was already uninspired, and the only thing keeping it from being a stain on the park is the fact that it's a small section of a land. The tower will likely stick out in more ways than one. There's positives to take though:
- This ride will be unique to the park.
- A true E-Ticket ride system that will surely be a draw.
- Themed to the most popular superhero.
- A needed addition to the thrill line-up of the park.
Sir_Cliff
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Was just at HKDL for the first time today, so figured this was as good a place as any to give a few thoughts.
Firstly, I really enjoyed my time there and wish I had more than one day. It was fairly crowded today which may make a difference as queues were quite long, but I don't think there's any question you can fill a whole day and more there now. I didn't get to see everything I wanted to and would probably book a couple of nights at one of the hotels if I come through Hong Kong again.
One thing that was a lot better to me in person than in pictures was the castle. I really felt it looked horrible in pictures, but I was surprised how things that had looked weird in terms of scale looked completely fine in person. I will say, though, that the castle also suffered from the main thing that was a little worse than I expected, which was faded and worn paint. That issue was fairly contained to but also noticeably bad in Fantasyland and Tomorrowland. Other areas such as Toy Storyland (meh, probably better in Paris for feeling more contained) and Mystic Point looked particularly sharp, and it kind of felt as through FL and TL are at the end of a refurbishment cycle.
Mystic Manor was not just the great attraction it is renowned to be, but also perhaps the best example I have seen of a trackless ride done right. Not sure why they have gone in the direction of big warehouses and parking ride vehicles in front of screens in the years since when this seems a far better model. I know people suggest this ride doesn't get queues, but it was one of the longer queues all day today, ranging from 45 to 60 minutes for most of the day.
Anyway, just thought I would give a few impressions!
Firstly, I really enjoyed my time there and wish I had more than one day. It was fairly crowded today which may make a difference as queues were quite long, but I don't think there's any question you can fill a whole day and more there now. I didn't get to see everything I wanted to and would probably book a couple of nights at one of the hotels if I come through Hong Kong again.
One thing that was a lot better to me in person than in pictures was the castle. I really felt it looked horrible in pictures, but I was surprised how things that had looked weird in terms of scale looked completely fine in person. I will say, though, that the castle also suffered from the main thing that was a little worse than I expected, which was faded and worn paint. That issue was fairly contained to but also noticeably bad in Fantasyland and Tomorrowland. Other areas such as Toy Storyland (meh, probably better in Paris for feeling more contained) and Mystic Point looked particularly sharp, and it kind of felt as through FL and TL are at the end of a refurbishment cycle.
Mystic Manor was not just the great attraction it is renowned to be, but also perhaps the best example I have seen of a trackless ride done right. Not sure why they have gone in the direction of big warehouses and parking ride vehicles in front of screens in the years since when this seems a far better model. I know people suggest this ride doesn't get queues, but it was one of the longer queues all day today, ranging from 45 to 60 minutes for most of the day.
Anyway, just thought I would give a few impressions!
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Animaniac93-98
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It is for sure a two-day park.
I stayed overnight the one time I went and even though crowds were low the 2nd day, you needed the time to explore and go on rides a second time. This was before World of Frozen and other shows were added.
Supersnow84
Well-Known Member
HK is a park that I feel like if you love it when you visit there isn’t really an upper limit to the amount of time you can spend there because it isn’t a grating or aggressive experience like Tokyo or magic kingdom is
I’ve done multiple trips to HK where I’ve centred the entire stay around the Disney hotels, spent 3-4 days in the parks exclusively then still done multiple half days while exploring the rest of HK because the park is just so relaxing and cozy you never get tired of it
But if you view the parks as a list of boxes to tick off then HK even with its expansions will still probably exhaust your list the quickest
I’ve done multiple trips to HK where I’ve centred the entire stay around the Disney hotels, spent 3-4 days in the parks exclusively then still done multiple half days while exploring the rest of HK because the park is just so relaxing and cozy you never get tired of it
But if you view the parks as a list of boxes to tick off then HK even with its expansions will still probably exhaust your list the quickest
Untitled-Man
New Member
Green goblin?? We were getting Tobey McGuire????
Agent H
Active Member
Well zootopia is a better view than the previous city skyline
Robbiem
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Something like bon voyage in Tokyo would make a neat addition. Maybe pair with something like a suitably themed food truck area giving people another stop off on their way to the MTR when the park closes.
I do think its a shame they never built the European garden on the second park site. That may have complimented a downtown area for people not visiting the park and maybe got some extra traffic for people going tothe outlet mall or cable car